Commission considers data‑center standards; engineer to draft local criteria based on Loudoun County examples
Summary
The commission reviewed sample language from Loudoun County, VA, and discussed allowing data centers in the Industrial District with large buffers; primary concerns included visual screening, noise, and high electrical demand.
The commission received excerpts from the Loudoun County, Virginia zoning ordinance as a model for data‑center provisions. Township engineer Steve Dellinger reported the current ordinance lacks data‑center language and suggested using warehouse criteria as a basis while tailoring screening and buffer requirements.
Dellinger summarized key concerns: “the main issues with data centers were screening, visual, noise, use up a lot of electrical power and very few people employed.” Commissioners discussed siting such uses on larger tracts with significant buffering. Dellinger said he would prepare a revised draft specific to Lower Towamensing for the next meeting.
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